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WARNING: VIDEO AND IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING. Toddler suffers bite injuries after pit bull attacks in Texas front yard. Credit: Chante Wright-Haywood/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX
A small child in Texas is recovering after a vicious pit bull attacked him and his mother, who came to his aid. 
The family of the boy, identified as “CJ” in a GoFundMe, said that he is currently suffering from psychological trauma, as well as a physical bite injury. 
Chante Wright-Haywood told local Austin TV station KXAN that she and CJ were headed to daycare and work when she heard her 2-year-old son scream and fall to the ground. 
The incident was caught on camera and shows Wright-Haywood screaming while kicking the dog off her son. 
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Chante Wright-Haywood and her 2-year-old son CJ head out the family’s front door before the dog attack. (Chante Wright-Haywood/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)
A different vantage point shows the mother twirling the toddler in the air to keep him away from the dog believed to be a stray, as she runs to the front of the home and yells, “Open the door!”
The dog appeared relentless, snappinng its mouth at the boy repeatedly while knocking over a potted plant. The dog even snatched Wright-Haywood’s coffee cup before the home’s door was closed.
“You can hear like that snapping, trying to get to him [my son],” she told KXAN. “My daughter was able to open the door, and I just kind of pushed him in … the dog was trying to get into the house.” 
She added that the dog then clawed at the door from the outside.
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A pit bull approaches a toddler in the family’s front yard. (Chante Wright-Haywood/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)
The pit bull continues trying to get the toddler, even while he is in his mother’s arms. (Chante Wright-Haywood/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)
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“The dog actually broke the door hinges off of the frame of the door,” Wright-Haywood said. “Me and the kids were putting all our body weight on the door to hold the door close to keep the dog out while I’m calling police and EMS to come.”
CJ suffered a small bite to his stomach, according to the New York Post. 
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The mother of six told media outlets that Travis County Animal Control responded to take custody of the dog. An agency statement says, “This is still an active case and the dog is under rabies quarantine. No owner has been identified at this current time.”
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On Monday, Nov. 27, the Lake Club returned to the Planning and Zoning Commission nearly seven months after a public hearing brought attention to the increasingly tense relationship between the Club and its residential neighbors — many of whom are themselves active members.
Located at 175 Thayer Pond Rd., the Lake Club operates with a special permit that allows private membership recreation clubs to be located within a residential neighborhood, provided that they do not impact the surrounding area more than a typical residential development would. Earlier this year, the Club applied to convert one of its existing tennis courts into four dedicated pickleball courts, which will include changing the surface material to the hard-court paving typical for the sport.
Pickleball has grown enormously in popularity in recent years and is now the fastest growing sport in America. In June, The New York Times published a story on rising noise concerns about the sport, due to the particularly high-pitched “popping” sound it produces.

Back in May, the Commission asked for further sound analysis and challenged the Club about why it had failed to better communicate with neighbors ahead of submitting the application. Returning to the Commission with a resubmitted application, the Lake Club offered two new concessions in light of neighbor concerns, presented by attorney Casey Healy:

• 12-ft fencing with acoustical panels will be installed on two of the four sides of the proposed courts.
• Pickleball play would be restricted to “daylight hours” or no longer than 8:00 am to 8:30 pm, depending on the season. Attorney Kathleen Royle, also representing the Lake Club, confirmed that the courts do not have lights.  

Healy reiterated that the estimated sound impact of pickleball on neighboring properties complies Wilton’s noise regulations. However, this finding and the concessions seemed to do little to convince either neighbors or the Commissioners that the Lake Club was making a serious attempt to respond to sound concerns.
Commissioner Chris Pagliaro called the offer ‘cold,’ and said, “After all this time, we basically got a plan that says we’ll put a fence and acoustical panels on two of the walls. It doesn’t feel like the Club is trying to be particularly neighborly, it feels like you’re just trying to check a box.”
A group of nine neighbors, many of whom testified back in May, returned to speak out against the project once again, this time bringing an attorney and an independent sound analysis to back up their case.  
The informal coalition made several claims objecting to the application and in some cases, asserting that regardless of pickleball, the Lake Club is already out of compliance with its existing permit:

• Attorney Wilson Carroll, representing resident Ed Rowley, said that “pickleball is fundamentally incompatible with residential neighborhoods,” and argued that the Lake Club’s activity levels are already in excess of permitted residential uses.
• Ed Rowley himself presented a powerpoint on the unique sound qualities of pickleball and widespread community objection to the sport, which is excerpted below.
• Greg Maroney explained that he had indeed been bothered by the sound of the two pickleball tournaments held over the summer, in response to claims by Healy that the Club never received noise complaints in the past. “Am I just supposed to complain every time something annoys me?” Maroney asked. “To who — the police? That’s not a neighborhood. That’s not what I want to do.”
• Several neighbors testified that they had never been contacted by the Lake Club about the pickleball court proposal.
• In addition to the topic of pickleball, neighbors alleged an ongoing issue of noise creep in recent years, citing early morning leaf-blowing and late-night parties featuring DJs and outdoor movie screenings in particular.

The Commission agreed to continue the hearing and add it to the agenda for the Dec. 11 meeting. Healy said that the sound consultant representing the Lake Club would be available to answers questions from the Commission and neighbors at that time.

Remaining Master Plan Regulations (and More) Approved

Elsewhere that evening, the new zoning overlays for Danbury Rd. near Wilton Center passed unanimously following a public hearing in which only one member of the public requested to speak. Kelly Morron asked for clarification on whether St. Mathew’s Cemetery falls within the East overlay zone, which it does.
The new overlays will allow development up to three stories on the east side of Danbury Rd. in the area south of Wilton Center, and up to four stories on the west. More detail on the areas affected can be found in GMW’s past coverage. With the addition of these two new overlays, there are now 11 sets of zoning rules operating in the 0.68 square mile area designated as Greater Wilton Center.
Chair Rick Tomasetti, who also chaired the subcommittee that spearheaded the master plan and resulting zoning regulation changes, recused himself from the vote and did not participate in the Nov. 27 meeting. Vice Chair Melissa-Jean Rotini chaired the meeting in his absence.
The Commission also voted to approve three items that appeared in the Communications/Discussion section of the agenda, a move that seemed unusual to Rotini, who asked Town Planner Michael Wrinn for clarification that a vote could be held “from this place in the agenda.” He confirmed that it could, and so the Commission went on to unanimously approve the following:

• A zoning text amendment and special permit allowing ASML employees working at the 77 Danbury Rd. facility to use overflow parking at the company’s 20 Westport Rd. property; and
• A special permit approving a three-season patio at Cactus Rose restaurant in Wilton Center.

Looking Ahead

New zoning regulations on childcare facilities and electric vehicle charging stations are also in the works, in light of recent state requirements.
The next meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 11. This will also be the first meeting of the new Commission, which will now include Commissioner-elect Anthony Cenatiempo. He replaces Commissioner Matthew Murphy, who is stepping down. The Commissioners thanked Murphy for his service to the town before concluding the meeting.
Disclosure: GOOD Morning Wilton’s editor is a member of the Lake Club.

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